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Avocado and Tangerine Salad with Jalapeno Vinaigrette

This refreshing Avocado and Tangerine Salad is tossed with a spicy Jalapeño Vinaigrette.

By bonappetit · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Avocado and Tangerine Salad with Jalapeno Vinaigrette

Why it works: Shallot and purslane share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Avocado and Tangerine Salad with Jalapeno Vinaigrette

8 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

497Calories
12 gProtein
45 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 14 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Tangerine Juicenot in our table0
Tangerinenot in our table0
Clementinenot in our table0
Purslanenot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bonappetit. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Shallot + purslanetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Shallot + avocadotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together77 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Olive + avocadotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Shallot + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Vinegar + olivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the tangerine

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, white wine, vinegar, pepper, olive, avocado, purslane):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Tangerinethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, white wine, vinegar, pepper, olive, avocado, purslane. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.